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Category
Aquaculture
Title Mouth rot in farmed Atlantic salmon Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Henrik Duesund Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
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Start year 2015 End year 2018 Funding (€) € 162,105 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/251805?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=90&TemaEmne.2=Fiskeri Summary Mouth rot have been a major health and welfare problem in farmed Atlantic salmon in Western Canada, especially during periods of low sea water temperatures. Cermaq has experienced cases with high mortality and downgrading at slaughter because of mouth rot caused by the bacteria Tenacibaculum Maritimum. Even though T. maritimum is the most extensively studied member of the genus Tenacibaculum there are still many questions that need answers. There is no commercially available vaccine against the bacterium, and there is limited knowledge regarding transmission, reservoirs and tropism. This research project aims to gain knowledge about infections caused by T. maritimum and to find preventive measures against these infections.
The main objective of this PHD-project "Mouth rot in farmed Atlantic salmon" is to get new knowledge about T. maritimum and its role in causing ulcerative disease in Atlantic salmon, and to develop preventive measures to reduce the impact in salmon farming. The project will include a more detailed description of the bacteria using advanced molecular methods. To investigate whether vaccination may be a solution to prevent ulcers caused by T. maritimum, a standardized infection model will be developed, that can be used to measure the antibody response in infected salmon after vaccination. Based on tests of antibody responses the goal is to develop a simple vaccine candidate for testing in vaccine trials. This will allow for an investigation into whether or not a vaccine could be a solution to the problem in the future. It will also be important to investigate potential marine reservoirs and transmission routes of the bacteria. This will be carried out by using a real-time RT-PCR assay developed in the initial studies. The knowledge obtained in the characterization of the bacteria will be important in this work.
Keywords
Fish;
Disease;
Vaccines development;
Cage aquaculture;
Fish health;
Bacteria;
Open sea aquaculture;
Salmon;
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